Introduction to Cancer Biology
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776814786
Table of contents: title: Sisältö; title: How cancer arises; title: Defining cancer; title: Cancer is clonal in origin; title: Insights into cancer; title: Causes of cancer (aetiology of cancer); title: Identification and histopathology of cancers; title: The 6 hallmarks of cancer; title: Immortality: Continuous cell division; title: Sustained growth signals (oncogenes); title: Bypass anti-growth signals (Tumour Suppressor Genes); title: Avoidance of cell death (apoptosis); title: When does apoptosis occur?; title: What triggers apoptosis?; title: How does apoptosis occur?; title: Ensuring blood vessel growth (angiogenesis); title: Spread to other sites (metastasis); title: What are the stages of metastasis?; title: Key molecules involved in metastasis; title: Summary and some thoughts for the future